Roadkill Guilt
#151
Re: Roadkill Guilt
The creature that strikes me as most intelligent when crossing the road is the Quail. Quails roam about in families and prefer to walk across the road, although they can fly in a push. They can always figure out which way to run whan a car approaches, the shortest path to safety. Chicks can be tiny, but parents scoot them out the way in good time. The only time they get caught out is when they are in the middle of the road and cars are coming both ways, so they are caught out in a pincer attack. In this situation I hit the brakes, and if I get rear-ended that is the other driver's problem.
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https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...zona/10282643/
"And if you don't see the parents for about 10 minutes, chances are the babies are abandoned."
Wildlife with Specialized Needs
I found a local (well, 40 minute drive ... ) rehab center and drove it there the next morning (2nd link above). When I got there, there was another family ahead of me who had brought in an identical chick. Here's the two chicks placed in a small container at the rehab center ... the chick was amazingly energetic and noisy, after spending the whole night/morning virtually stationary.
And here's a family of geese crossing the road near my place in CA in April ... cars happily stop for this (I live in a pretty sedate place )
Baby quail are born with a yolk sac in their stomachs and can live several days after birth without food.
#153
Re: Roadkill Guilt
Originally Posted by Steerpike
Baby quail are born with a yolk sac in their stomachs and can live several days after birth without food.
NZ used to have this eatery. I think it is closed now